What Does Separation of Church and State Really Mean?

Posted on January 10, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, Activist Judges | 21 Comments

from Part-Time Pundit
The much-bandied about phrase “separation of church and state” means different things to different people. To those from the secular humanist persuasion, it means that the state can make no public acknowledgement of religion, have no religious displays, recognize no tax exemptions for churches, and goes so far to regulate even religious [...]

ACLU Announces Opposition to Alito Nomination

Posted on January 10, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News, PETITIONS, Supreme Court, War On Terror | 5 Comments

The ACLU’s vote is in! For the first time since Robert Bork, the ACLU are officially opposing a nominee for the Supreme Court. I couldn’t expect any less of the organization. The ACLU vote came after a special meeting of its 83-member national board this weekend, which has voted to oppose only [...]

The Alito Hearings Day 2 The Questioning

Posted on January 10, 2006 - Filed Under Supreme Court | 4 Comments

No surprises actually. It seems that there is more speech making from the left side of the table than question asking. I will hand it to Biden though, he actually asked relevant questions as opposed to his mentor Teddy “The Lush” Kennedy who managed to ask a whole 7 questions in 30 minutes [...]

Off Topic - The New Batch

Posted on January 10, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU | 3 Comments

About every 6 to 8 weeks we get a new batch of trolls. And by trolls I mean idiots, mostly liberal idiots, who feel compelled to jump into the conversation going on in the comments sections of our posts. People who have never been here before and probably never visit again. Or [...]